Month: October 2024

William Dalrymple On Why It Is A “Surprise That India Dominated Asia For 1,000 Years”

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William Dalrymple On Why It Is A “Surprise That India Dominated Asia For 1,000 Years”

Archeology and solid scholarship show that India lay at the heart of ancient world, argued historian William Dalrymple, underscoring that the myth of the Silk road has made India seem more peripheral than it actually was.  “This map which people continue to reproduce in book after book of what is said to be the silk…

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Bengal Doctors Withdraw Hunger Strike After Meet With Mamata Banerjee

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Bengal Doctors Withdraw Hunger Strike After Meet With Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors of Bengal have withdrawn their indefinite hunger strike after a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this evening. Announcing the end to the “fast-unto-death” in Kolkata, they also called off their proposed strike across hospitals due on Tuesday. Debashish Halder, one of the junior doctors, said, “In today’s meeting (with…

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Probe Agency Conducts Raids In Andhra Pradesh Over Rs 200 Crore Land Fraud Case

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Probe Agency Conducts Raids In Andhra Pradesh Over Rs 200 Crore Land Fraud Case

ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by Arilova Police Station (Representational) New Delhi: Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Visakhapatnam Sub-zonal Office conducted search operations at five locations in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam on October 19 in a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. According to an ED…

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Karnataka calls up Aneesh, Abhinav for Ranji game against Bihar

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Karnataka calls up Aneesh, Abhinav for Ranji game against Bihar

Abhinav Manohar | Photo Credit: File photo: VIJAY SONEJI Bengaluru: With Devdutt Padikkal being named in the India-A squad to Australia, Karnataka has called up K.V. Aneesh and Abhinav Manohar as reinforcements for its Ranji Trophy away trip to Bihar (October 26 to 29). The contest is a must-win for the eight-time champion after having…

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Gunfight Between Jewellery Store Owner, Robbers In Bihar, 3 Injured

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Gunfight Between Jewellery Store Owner, Robbers In Bihar, 3 Injured

One of the armed robbers jumps across the jewellery store counter New Delhi: A dramatic CCTV footage of a daylight robbery by a group of armed men in a jewellery store in Bihar’s Begusarai has gone viral on social media. An employee of the jewellery store and two of the robbers were injured in a…

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UP Woman Kills Husband By Poisoning Karva Chauth Dinner, Arrested

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UP Woman Kills Husband By Poisoning Karva Chauth Dinner, Arrested

The accused woman has been taken into custody and is being questioned. (Representational) Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh: A woman has been taken into custody by the police here for allegedly killing her husband by poisoning his food, officials said on Monday. Sirathu Circle Officer Awadhesh Kumar Vishwakarma said Shailesh (32), a resident of Ismailpur village in…

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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Petition Seeking Hearings In Hybrid Mode

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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Petition Seeking Hearings In Hybrid Mode

In October 2023, the Supreme Court directed the implementation of a hybrid mode of hearings. (File) New Delhi,:  The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the introduction of hybrid hearings in family courts across the country. A bench, headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, agreed to examine and sought…

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Uniform Safety Standards Essential At Coaching Centres: Supreme Court

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Uniform Safety Standards Essential At Coaching Centres: Supreme Court

On July 27, 3 students drowned in basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Delhi. (Representational) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stressed on having “uniform standards” to the extent possible to ensure safety and security of students studying at coaching centres. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a…

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Riyadh Season 2024: As part of cultural diplomacy, Saudi Arabia celebrates Indian diversity in mega tourism event

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Riyadh Season 2024: As part of cultural diplomacy, Saudi Arabia celebrates Indian diversity in mega tourism event

Representational pic. File In a show of expanding interaction with India, Saudi Arabia conducted a fortnight-long celebration of Indian culture as part of the annual Riyadh Season festivity in Riyadh. The Indian segment of the Riyadh Season, a mega tourism event was conceived as a branch of the Global Harmony Initiative of the Saudi government….

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